SAVITRI-A TORMENTED WIFE IN R.K.NARAYAN'S THE DARK ROOM
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R.K.Narayan, the Indo-Anglican Writer, had chosen limited arena for his literacy empire. His main concern was about domestic nuisances that demanded keen observation and critical appreciation. His reaction to the surroundings have become the topic for his literacy creations.
The present paper on R.K.Narayan's The Dark Room reflects his views on feminism and his characterization of Indian people especially women. He presents his character of Savitri and modernism through Shanta Bai. R.K.Narayan is never didactic in his tone. He only brings the feelings of middle class women in his life. The cry for freedom from the part of women has started long before and has gained momentum during his times. It dares to take a road not taken so far and assets that R.K.Narayan's status as a feministic novelist is just like a thing hiding in the light-it is very much visible but somehow we have missed it.
References
P.S.Sundaram, R.K.Narayan, (New Delhi : Arnold Heinemann India, 1937) 41-42.
R.K.Narayan, My Days, (Delhi : Orient Paperbacks, 1986) 119.
RK.Narayan, The Dark Room, rpt. (1956; Chennai : Indian Thought Publication, 2005).
Iyenger, Srinivasa : History of Indian Writing in English, Sterling Publications, New Delhi, 1987) 371.
A Hariprasanna, The World of Malgudi : A Study of R.K.Narayan's Novels (New Delhi : Prestige Books, 1994), 26.
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